Hi folks, >From a web search it looks to me as though many people would very much like to know who Joseph was. I know virtually nothing about this, but it is an interesting puzzle and I'm hoping for a fuller explanation of this solution. I am having trouble understanding what source goes with what fact, but in any case it looks to me as though the critical point here is to connect the Joseph who married Eliza Coffee to his parents. I am not seeing how that is done. I do see in the Ethan Allen Doty book of 1897 the family of Solomon Doty (page 517) and that there is a Joseph born on June 6, 1812. To digress a bit on that source, it appears to me that the information given on that family was supplied by a sibling, Simon Potter Doty. If I am right it is not through any special deductive prowess--the book reads, "In the course of a pleasant visit...he gave many reminiscences...and furnished much valuable information for this history." The precise birth dates suggest to me that Simon Potter dragged out the family bible while Ethan Allen was visiting. All that is said of Joseph is that he married and had children and lived in Minnesota. Geanellen's peripatetic ancestor lived in many places and I may have missed Minnesota among them as I looked at what Geanellen and others have found. Also, this is apparently the recollection of an old man, and I know from experience that one needs to be skeptical about that. So maybe the Minnesota recollection is wrong or maybe Geanellen's ancestor did live there. As far as I can tell, the lineage down to Solomon and maybe down Solomon's son Joseph is documented well elsewhere. But how do we know this is the Joseph who married Eliza and is Geanellen's ancestor? If the answer is included in what was provided and I missed it I apologize for asking the question. Most of the time I need the important stuff in all caps. [For what it is worth, I have a CD of NY births and baptisms for the region as well as William McDermott's history of Clinton (1987) and neither offers any help.] -----Original Message----- >From: lynde randall <[email protected]> >Sent: Oct 31, 2006 9:56 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MFLR] MAYFLOWER Digest, Vol 1, Issue 32 > >Hi James, > >I hope this gives you a start in the right direction. >:) Your message is at >the end. You'll find sources which should help. > >Lynde Randall >Yarmouth, ME >==================================================================== >Joseph Doty >f: Solomon Doty >m; Hannah Shaw >b.6 Jun 1812, New York, Greene, Windham >d: 30 Apr 1906 OK, Woods, Alva >m. Eliza Coffee on 30 Dec 1852, MI, Cass, Edwardsburg >b. 1826, New York >d: 30 Nov 1903; OK, Woods, Alva >............... >Name: Eliza COFFEE (MONDA) >Given Name: Eliza >Surname: Coffee (Monda) >Sex: F >Birth: 1826 in NY >Death: 30 Nov 1903 in OK, Woods Co., Alva > >Marriage 1 Joseph DOTY b: 6 Jun 1812 in NY,Greene Co.,Windham >Married: 30 Dec 1852 in MI, Cass Co., Edwardsburg >............................................................................ >.... >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- >ID: I541011866 >Name: Joseph DOTY >Given Name: Joseph >Surname: Doty >Sex: M >Birth: 6 Jun 1812 in NY,Greene Co.,Windham >Death: 30 Apr 1906 in OK, Woods Co., Alva >Change Date: 28 Jun 2003 > >Father: Solomon DOTY b: 1769 in NY,Dutchess Co.,Clinton >Mother: Hannah SHAW b: 1776 > >Marriage 1 Eliza COFFEE (MONDA) b: 1826 in NY >Married: 30 Dec 1852 in MI, Cass Co., Edwardsburg >....................................................................... >ID: I541013709 >Name: Solomon DOTY >Given Name: Solomon >Surname: Doty >Sex: M >Birth: 1769 in NY,Dutchess Co.,Clinton >Death: Aug 1832 in NY,Wayne Co.,Walworth >Change Date: 3 Jul 2003 1 2 > >Father: Charles DOTY b: c 1730 in NY,Oyster Bay,Long Island >Mother: Sarah BAKER > >Marriage 1 Hannah SHAW b: 1776 >Married: c 1793 in NY,Dutchess Co.,Clinton >Note: _STATMARRIED >Children > Moses DOTY b: 8 Feb 1795 in NY,Dutchess Co.,Clinton > Simon Potter DOTY b: 9 May 1796 in NY,Dutchess Co.,Clinton > Solomon DOTY b: 14 Jan 1797 in NY,Dutchess Co.,Clinton > Celinda DOTY b: 17 Nov 1799 in NY,Dutchess Co.,Clinton > Morgan Lewis DOTY b: 31 Dec 1802 in NY,Columbia Co.,Hillsdale > Jason DOTY b: 20 Sep 1804 in NY,Columbia Co.,Hillsdale > Mary DOTY b: 19 May 1806 in NY,Greene Co.,Windham > Aaron DOTY b: 30 Aug 1808 in NY,Greene Co.,Windham > William DOTY b: 22 Nov 1810 in NY,Greene Co.,Windham > Joseph DOTY b: 6 Jun 1812 in NY,Greene Co.,Windham > Edward DOTY b: 11 Jul 1814 in NY,Greene Co.,Windham > Margaret DOTY b: 17 Oct 1816 in NY,Wayne Co.,Walworth > Lorenzo DOTY b: 9 May 1819 in NY,Wayne Co.,Walworth > Lorinda DOTY b: 9 May 1819 in NY,Wayne Co.,Walworth > >Marriage 2 Rachel DOTY b: in NY,Dutchess Co.,Clinton >Married: c 1787 in NY,Dutchess Co.,Clinton 1 >Note: _STATMARRIED >Children > Charles DOTY b: 1789 in NY,Dutchess Co. > Isaac DOTY > James DOTY > Baby DOTY > >Sources: >Title: Connecticut, 1600s-1800s Local Families and Histories >Page: New England Families, Vol.3 Pg 1273 >Title: The Compendium of American Genealogy; 1600s-1800s >Page: First Families of America, Vol.5 Pg 245 >